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Laureano flied out to right fielder Tucker.

Grossman grounded out, second baseman A.Díaz to first baseman Gurriel, Olson to second.

Grounded out, second baseman A.Díaz to first baseman Gurriel, Olson to second.

Piscotty singled to center, Olson scored.

Pinder doubled to left, Piscotty to third.

Murphy singled to right, Piscotty scored, Pinder scored.

Singled to right, Piscotty scored, Pinder scored.

Machín walked on a full count, Murphy to second.

Walked on a full count, Murphy to second.

La Stella flied out to center fielder Springer.

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Laureano hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Tucker, Murphy scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Tucker, Murphy scored.

Athletics second.  Grossman singled to left.  Grossman stole second.  Piscotty struck out.  Kemp doubled to right, Grossman scored.  Kemp was caught stealing, catcher Garneau to third baseman Toro, Kemp out.  Murphy homered to center on a 2-2 count.  Machín walked on a full count.  La Stella popped out to right fielder Tucker.

Athletics seventh.  Murphy walked on four pitches.  Machín struck out.  La Stella singled to right, Murphy to third.  Laureano hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Tucker, Murphy scored.  Canha grounded out, third baseman Toro to first baseman Gurriel.

Athletics eighth.  Sneed pitching.  Olson walked on a full count.  Grossman grounded out, second baseman A.Díaz to first baseman Gurriel, Olson to second.  Piscotty singled to center, Olson scored.  Pinder doubled to left, Piscotty to third.  Murphy singled to right, Piscotty scored, Pinder scored.  Machín walked on a full count, Murphy to second.  La Stella flied out to center fielder Springer.  Laureano flied out to right fielder Tucker.

The A's are still in first place in the AL west and the Astros are still comfortably in second place 3.5 games behind, but Oakland has lost four of its last five games, and Houston was swept in a four-game series in Anaheim over the weekend.

The home team has won all five meetings between these teams this season, and the home team has won eight straight in this series dating back to last season. In 2020, Oakland swept a 3-game series from August 7-9 holding Houston to five runs total, and Houston swept a doubleheader in Texas on August 29.

The A's have only played five games in the last 11 days. Their games on August 27 and August 28 in Texas and Houston, respectively, were both postponed in protest of racial inequality, then they were swept in a doubleheader at Houston on August 29, before having a positive Covid-19 test. Sunday August 30th was postponed, August 31 was a scheduled off day and the three-game series in Seattle from Tuesday-Thursday was postponed. Oakland returned to play on Friday, but lost 2-of-3 at home against the Padres.

One bright spot from the weekend set against San Diego was Matt Olson, who went 5-for-9 in the series and strung together back-to-back multi-hit games for the first time this season and also had multiple RBI in back-to-back games for the first time this year.

Houston was swept in Anaheim over the weekend despite putting up five-plus runs in all four games. All four losses occurred in Los Angeles' last at bat of the game. It was just the second time in team history that the Astros were swept in a four-game series despite scoring 5+ runs in each game. Unsurprisingly, the first time occurred in Colorado from May 28-31, 2012.

Despite the sweep, Kyle Tucker had seven hits and seven RBI in the series against the Angels. Since August 19, 17 games, Tucker leads the American League with a .414 batting average, .485 on-base percentage, a .948 slugging percentage (all based on min. 50 PA), five triples and 14 extra-base hits. Tucker also leads all of MLB in RBI (26) since August 19.

HP - Johnson, 1B - Barrett, 2B - Ripperger, 3B - Wolcott

The American League West lead is at stake when the second-place Houston Astros look to make up ground on the Oakland Athletics in a four-day, five-game series that kicks off Monday night in California.
The A's (23-14) will begin the final head-to-head between the division front-runners with a 3 1/2-game lead over the Astros (21-19), who have won the last three AL West titles, with Oakland finishing second in each of the last two seasons.

Five-game series gives Astros chance to catch A's

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)  When their star players go down, the Oakland Athletics turn to their depth.
Sean Murphy homered and hit a two-run single to help Chris Bassitt snap a three-start winless stretch, and the A's beat the Houston Astros 6-0 on Monday night with both teams missing star players.

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HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	X

Houston Astros @ Oakland Athletics on September 8, 2020

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